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Outpost of the Lost Recalled in Arctic Expedition Tale
The Greely Expedition of 1881 to Lady Franklin Bay is recounted from the rescue and diary excerpts. It details Lieutenant Greely, Sergeant Brainard, and others enduring years of Arctic cold, starvation, and isolation, with relief finally arriving aboard the ship Thetis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic Circle
Proteus
Pike
Lady Franklin Bay
United States
Greely
Adolphus W. Greely
Fifth Cavalry
United States Regular Army
Frederick IF. Kislingbury
Eleventh Infantry
James B. Lockwood
Twenty-third Infantry
Octave Pavy
Jens Edward
Frederik Thorley Christiansen
W. 8. Schley
Admiral Schley
Thetis
David L. Brainard
Bobbs-Merrill Company
A. W. Greely
Brainard
Grant Or
Grinnell Land
Fort Conger
Lieutenant Lockwood
Sergeant Brainard
Pole
Medford Rui
Chicago
New York
Kennedy Channel
Grinnell
Kane Sea
Smith Sound
Cape Sabine
Littleton Island
Lieut
Kislingbury
Lockwood
Norman
Colwell